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And Fall Arrives + Looking for NCTE Roomie

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Hello! I just realized it’s getting a bit late to share my poem about fall’s arrival, so I’d better hop to it! At the beginning of the month, I shared my hymn about fall from a dog’s point of view. A hymn about fall had been our Poetry Princess assignment for October. Now, as the […]

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NCTE in November: I’ll Be There. Will You?

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I’ve committed to going to NCTE this November in St. Louis, and I’m so excited! I’ll be doing a roundtable with Carol Varsalona and a bunch of other writers, poets, and Wonderopolis fans. (I think Irene Latham and Charles Waters will be on that roundtable session, too?) And I’ll probably be doing a signing at […]

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Taking Pictures (by me) [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last week, I shared about the awesome Risking Writing session at NCTE. Today, I thought I’d share my final poem in a more legible way. But if you’d like to hear about the session and see my writing process, click here. Believe it or not, […]

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Risking Writing–an Awesome NCTE Session About Modeling Writing for Students

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I wanted to share my writing from one of my favorite NCTE sessions. The topic was Risking Writing, and in it, Shanetia Clark, Mary Lee Hahn, Heidi Mordhorst, and Patricia Hruby Powell, talked about and demonstrated the process of writing in front of an audience. I have done this on some school visits and in […]

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Sharing the Slides from the 2016 NCTE Notable Poetry List Session

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I shared some photos from the NCTE Poetry Notables session in my Facebook NCTE photo album (you should be able to see the photos even if you’re not on Facebook). In case you’re interested in the list, which was announced earlier this year and is full of fabulous books, you can find the complete list […]

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NCTE Poetry Notables

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Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week! I’ll be sharing more about NCTE over the next couple of weeks here, but I finished up the conference with a session where the Poetry Committee shares its picks for best books of the year. You can find the entire list, which was announced earlier this […]

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The Light, a Poem Honoring CLA and Reading Teachers and Researchers

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m reflecting on groups today. First up, the Poetry Princesses, aka Poetry 7, aka Poetry Sisters. We are Liz Garton Scanlon, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Andi Sibley, Tanita S. Davis, Kelly Fineman, Sara L. Holmes, and me. And we’ve been writing poems of a selected form each […]

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Great Speeches and Great Chats – NCTE, Part 4

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You’ve heard about my Friday sessions (Passion-Driven Research and Into the Poem), my Friday night, and my Saturday morning session on Revved for Research. I just wanted to share a few favorite moments here from the rest of Saturday: Marilyn Singer’s exuberant acceptance speech for the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, including […]

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The Road to Hell Is Paved With Technology Problems – NCTE, Part 3

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So, Friday night, Marilyn Singer pondered whether the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, but Saturday morning I determined the the road to hell is paved with bad technology!  I was part of three panels at NCTE, and I was thrilled to be part of each. Alyson Beecher, who put together the […]

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Penguins, Nerds, Swing Dancing, and the Road to Hell – NCTE, part 2

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I shared a bit about my NCTE Friday last week, and I just wanted to tell you about Friday night, which was a great time. I went to the Penguin Nerdy Cocktail Hour, which was a cocktail party (generally, my least favorite thing in the whole world). It was fun! I now know enough people […]

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